Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25630 Elected
Conservative 7502
Liberal Democrat 5049
Referendum Party 1670
Fellowship Party 428
Independent 124

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19691 Elected
Conservative 6258
Liberal Democrat 5082
UK Independence Party 672
Socialist Alliance 481
Socialist Labour Party 352

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17527 Elected
Liberal Democrat 7381
Conservative 7142
Green 1579
English Democrats 1216
UK Independence Party 709
Independent 61

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20262 Elected
Conservative 10109
Liberal Democrat 7498
British National Party 1151
Green 1054
Christian Party 443
English Democrats 339
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 267
Independent 65

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24384 Elected
Conservative 12438
UK Independence Party 3888
Green 2991
Liberal Democrat 2645
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 370

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34215 Elected
Conservative 13501
Liberal Democrat 3785
Green 1605

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30185 Elected
Conservative 11721
Liberal Democrat 7253
Green 2363
Brexit Party 1228
Christian People's Alliance 245
Independent 125

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election


The election result data we hold includes over three hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in ...


your party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even including Isle of Wight nationalists.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Greenwich and Woolwich BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12742757/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 27th May 2024